Pneumatic tire and method of making it



July 18, 1933. A. J. MussELMAN A PNEUHATIC TIRE AND METHOD OF MAKING IT Filed Oct. 4. 1929 llllfPlUll. Ilmllll gwodoc Moin J. Musselmn aucun# Patented Julyr 1 8, 1933y l ALVIN'a. mussELMAN; or AKRONQOHIOQ V.lissreriroa "iidiin'r:y dooDY'EAR TIRE' situeren t' rnnuiurrc rma AND METHOD or MAxiiiTGrr 1 i Animationmettent@4;1929. sermiim'amsa r Thisinvention relates'to pneumatic balloon tires and methods of making them,andit has for itsprincipal objectI the `provision,ofia tire of such relatively fsmall inner diameter that it can .be mountedfupon'fa hub barrel of a `Wheel Without employing la Wheel discV or .',tional viWgSimilar-tojFigure3, illustrating."

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` Another object of the invention 1s to provide an arrangement of elements particularly 'adapted to be employed in constructing. tires having the'characteristics designated above.

building fabriclO, preferably cut vonfa bias,

- Another object :of the invention is to provide a method of building cord or, fabric tires Y in`-suchjmanner -as to vmaintain. theY cordor 'fabric :uniformly distributed without maportioris ofy the tire.

. Heretofore", pneumatic tires havefbee'n con- V structed by applying bands of fabric ma-v 20 terial cir'cumferentially about toroidaleores or cylindrical drums. It is to be understood that vthe term fabric finthisispecificati-on is intended to includestraight or cross-woven rubberized cord tirebu'ilding material. .In building tires bythese methods, thefabric is .crowded about the beadof the Vtireupon the toroidal core .or a portion ofthe tire isbulged Vout in such manner as to separate the cords Vat the thread When` shaping tlres that are builtjupon `cylindrical drums. Although both of these methods have been employed with considerable success. it has been impossiconsiderable distortion `thereof at the loca.- tions mentioned. A pneumatic tire builtaccording tothis in-v vention is composed of uniformly distributed cord elements which are applied radially of the tire and obviate distortion thereof .atl either the beads orthe tread portions. Although such tiresare particularly adapted to be employed as parts offaircraft landing gear, they may be applied to. various other types of vehicles. Y i For a better understanding of the invention, reference may now be had to the accompanying` drawing.l forming ai part ofthe speoiicatiomro'f which; Figure 1 .is a side-elevational Vvieyvof a terialA distortion thereof `at the beads or' other includedlin atire 14,=are applied to'an annutire constructed according tothe invention;

Figure Qisi'an-elevational View itakenatiif "right angles to thatlofFigure-l; 1- y Figure; V3;-is a diagrammaticalcross-se@- tional View takenV substantiallyvr'alongfthef line III-III of VFigure 1;; i 'f l Figure 4 isa diagrammaticalcross-se@ anotherformof the invention;and, f Figure 5 is 'aplanview of a sheet oflcord Y or 4fabric `tire building '1n'aterial.` QF

In practicingthe invention, a *sheetofxtire` lus `16 oiv substantiallytire shape in such man- 4nerthatxthe shorterjedges 12 are turned 1-5 i i ,looped about beadsl', and; r the longer Nedges lfaredisposedin overlapped; relation, vas yl indicated Vat 18, at the treadv portion lof the' tire.- Circumferentially .ofthe tirethestrips' 11" arearr'anged 'i'n' series on each side/@of the ,tirewith their substantially radially disposed edges 4'disposed in abutting relation, orsuch edgesjmay be overlapped.v Also, the strips 11 on oppositefsides ofjthetire are arranged in staggered relations Additional elements 1 9 Y `cut slightly longer thenthe elements llare'ry superposed upon `the latter and; their innerV y Y 1 edges aredisposed in stepped relation 'with 'Y ble to distribute the cords of fabric Without f the edges of ,the elements 11 at the sides ofv built into a tirewithout materially distorting u N the'fabric of thetire building material. vA conventional. tread 22 is applied `which isf., either cementedor vulcanized about'lthe tire la It isipreferred to apply-a tread of such dimensions that its edges extend about the bead portions ofthe tire. f y

In vthe form of theV invention shown' Figure 4, the strips 11 and 19` are not turned or looped about vthe beads, but f areV overy lapped, as indicated? atf23, andthe annuluszfA ishedtire;

`the tire, asindicated at-20.Allof the. Strips, v` 11 and 19 are applied in ,substantially the'` 16 remainsand constitutes apartof theni l L o Y Although I have illustrated onlythepre- Which can be constructed ofa great many plies andV of Widely differing maximum `and minimum circumferential diameters.-V Al- V though the ,plies are lsomewhat concentrated fabout the bead portions ofthe tire, the vcords are not crowded, and .the tread portionof the tire is reinforcedvvithout stretching or l l prises severing a sheet of tire building kmate- Y distorting the tire building 'materials ferredjforins which the inventionk may Vassume, and have described those formsind'etail, it will be `apparent to' those .skilled in'` the art that the invention' is not so limited #but that various modifications may be made therein Without departing-,from the spiritofl 'the invention or from the scopefof the appended claims. 'i'

What I claim is: f

'Y 1. 1A pneumatic tire comprisingarpluralityA lof strips of tire building material varying in;

Width from one end to the other thereof, the

" gered relation narrow ends ofthe strips-being ydisposed adjacent the 4opposite sides'of the inner circumferenti-al portion of" the tire, and the Wider ends 'of the strips lying in overlapping stagtirek l 2. A pneumatic tire comprising a'plurality of strips'of tire-building material of .varyriing'width applied at their small ends Vfto each fthe beadport'ionsof the tire,`sa'id strips extending in toroidal` shaped curvesqtouthe' tread vportion of the tire, theWide lends vof the 'strips lyingin overlapping relation about the tread portion of the 'tireL 3. pneumatic tireA comprising a plurality "of trapezoidal strips of bias cut tire building materiahthe narrower ends vof strips Y at Y the'V vtread portion Aof the being secured along each of the bead-areaV portions of the tire, the Wider ends of the acter applied upon and 4in staggered relation to the first'mentioned strips. Y Y

4. A method of making a tire Which comferential portions, respectively, ofthe anrnulus,'Withthe elements from the opposite Vsides ofthe annulus being overlapped at the outer circumference of the annulus.r Y*

` 5. A method ofmaking a'tire vwhich .coinprises severinga sheet 4off'tire building material into a plurality ofitrapezoidal elements,

securing l the shorter edgesvv of"r the; elements together 'at thefinne'r` circumferential portion g of the'annulus, and securing'thev opposite edgesi'of the'y elementsv lin overlapping rela-y` tion about the outer circumferentialA portion of the annulus. 1 g.' Y 6; Ay pneumatic tire comprising substantially'ra'dially on one side of the tire `to form substantially one half of a toroidal configuration, vand a plurality of strips of -tire building material arranged substantially radially von the other side of the tire'to form substantially the other half of the toroi'dal configuration, saidhalves overlapping atthe -treadpportion of thetire.

a plurality y of stripsV of tire building material arranged 'ZO Y 

